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Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

I In my minds eye see the Alaska of the
futu-e-snd thu nos far distant future
Among the most beautiful Of the Islands
there viii he fine openings; lawns and flowers
VIII carpe5 the slopes from the dark walls Of
the forest 10 the waters edge. In the midst
OF these favored Spots summer hotels viii
throw wide their glorious windows upon Wis
tas that ara ike glimpsaS Of fairy land.
Along the beach numerous Sdif7S await those
who are weary u towns; steam launches ara
there and small barges for the transportation
Of picnic parties - undiscovered islands ii
the next county Sloop yachts with the mora
adventurous viii 90 forth on voyages q ex-
piOration and discovery. two OF three DAYS
IN length. under the EJsiiance OF stolid.
thoroughbred Indian pilots There may be
an occasional wreck with uarrow es,ares
from the watery grave-le5 Us hcpa 50. for
the sake Of variety. There VIII ha fishing
parties galore, and camping on foreig IN shores.
and eaSle hunts, and the deli zhts Z the chase
with Indian retinue-s and Chinese cooks. and
tie swell toSzeFv~ thai Is the chief. il not
the only charm OF that sort Of thing There
viii be circulating Libraries IN each hotel. ami
grand pianos, aud private theaGricsals. ard
nightly hons th.5 NAV last indefinitely, or at
least until sunrise. without shocking the most
prudent. for dav BREAKS CT : = II.
There viii he visits from ore hotel - the
other. and >-a voFascs - Gear old Sjcka,
where the Grand hotel wiA be located; szd
there will be tia regular weekly q semi
weekly boat to the Muir glacier, with pro
fessional guides % tae top o. II. s'.d a. Tue
necessary traps furnished on board II de
sired: and this wild he t,la beSi1 IS early H.
April and 90 on until Tho cid Of September
without serious IL jury. There viii se no hay
fever or pri-kly hest; neither VIII there be
sunstroSes nor aET o. the horrors Of the e.st-
eru AMI southern summer; true - - prom
ise Of sweet, warm DAYS ara dslclously cooi
evenings, II which tie you1s, lover tI.y WOO
his fair TO tbs greatest a-iyaztsss-tor there
is 10 night there Then every one VIII CONE
to.ue with a new experience. which l. the
best thing one ar come home Slth, and tie
rc~est NOWADAYS, a1t, with q POCKET IEl OF
Alaskan gs.-a~ts. which ;-ge sa0ft tie worst
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
4 Druggists Biunder.

Talking about the accidental killing of
I people, = said a gentleman who holds a re-
/ sponsible position in the railroad employ.
Il had narrow escape from being on the
list of killers. 1t Vas when was clerk
il a drug store. One night a doctor
came and woke me out of & sound sleep
to prepare morphine powders for an old
MeXican named Francisco, who had been
SCI. fer some time. | weighed out the
morphine and put it up according to
direction, but thought while | was doing
SO that the powder seemed 70 be unusual
y large. Next morning, when | was ar
ranging things Il the store, l found that
there was g. ten grain weight il the scale
beneath the one the prescription called
for, and each Of those powders was ten
grains too large.
"A cold chill ran down my back when
realized the mistake, for it meant almost
certain .eath. \ short time afteryvar,l
the doctor care in, and I thought I1y
time had come, Bracing up as well as
possible. ! asked: How is Francisco MS
morning, dOctor5' He's deadn Did
these powders XIII him. Istammered out.
and N fear and trembling awaited the
answer, but the first word relieved ne:
No, the powders had nothing to do with
it. He died half an hour before they got
there Sacramento Record MON.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
THE RITE OF JOHuR.
An Awful Sacrifice Made by FanaticaI
Women in Old India.

Johur is an axvful rite \ whole tribe may
become extinct by it, as is seen by several IL
stances recorded in the history OF the Rs iDoo5
states. WHAT it signifies IS the burning OF
women to save their honor. The EaiToos Is
profoundly jealous of the honor OF his women,
and to prevent their falling into the hands Of
. conqucTOrs, then to be dealt with Is was
often the case in the wars with the 3iOhaume-
dams, he has recourse to the johur-that is to
say, the inlmolatiOn OF every female of the
family. And the Rajpoot woman gladly en-
braces such q refuge from pollution: or even
if she were not IN fear of being forced away
as a captive, she would prefer it to living on
as q widow
The loss OF = battle or the capture of a city
during the Lohamemdan invasi0ns was usu-
lily the time when this dreadful rite was prac-
tjced. At Ii. end OF the famed siege OF Chez
tore, the ancient capital OF the rama OF Obey
pore by Ala-uddin, in To- the RI jpoot chief,
after an arduOus day, passed the night in
bordering the means BIZ which hs ght save
from the general destruction one at
least Of his twelve sons Eleven OF
them fell during the next few days,
and when but one son remained to the rama
he proclaimed the johur. The funeral
pyre was lighted within slI5terranean cham
bers where the suns rays had never entered,
and the defenders OF Cheetoro beheld the
queens, snI their own wives and daughters
to the number of several thousand pass in
procession to the fire. Tho beautiful Pud-
mani, the Cousort pf tie rama, who was be
heved 10 De the chief object OF attraction for
the conquering TaVta- came last III tho
thrOnG. The door Ct tie cslvorns closed; the
fires RACED within; and the honor 81 the Rel
poot women WAS saved. When afterward
A.a-uidin entered the capital on the death of
the rama and his surviving son, who fell in
the conflict, ho found il ssrewn with the
bodies of It's defenders, while smoke Yet
issued from the recesses where the women
had persisted
Again during the second siege Of Cheetore
by Bahadoor, shah OF GujraG in $3.50. when
the bravest had fallen in defending the breach
caused by his artillery G5 was served by
Portuguese adventurersl, the johur was pro-
claimed. Thsre was little time To build tho
pyre. Combustibles were heaped up III hur-
riedly made hoiioyTs in the ground and maya
zines were placed around them The mother
Of the infant prince led the procession of
willin. victims to their doom and Is 900 fe-
males we're thus imiuolate,i at once.
In the johUr on the occasion Of Firoz Shah's
attack upon JeSSulauuir, some Years after the
event above described, 5000 females were
destroyed -EiniOo III Pail Mall Gazette.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Lakes Churned Into Suds,

had heard much Of the famous medical
lake, sixteen miles west Of here, and so drove
out to see it among the clouds Of dust, gusts
OF wind and broiling sun alternately. The
trip out and back was pleasant, however, a
constant change Of scenery and succession OF
surprise.
We found there were three lakes instead OF
one, all the same water, said 10 contain .life's
elixir" a cure for all human ailments. No
doubt there are valuable properties in the
water, az attested by the ANALYSIS and the
numerous testimony of those relieved by its
use
We were prepared for a bath, but time and
inclination both forbid; time, because Of tie
inclination first TO eat: inclination from the
presence Of certain dead reptiles in the water
TO be seen-a thing, as the attendant said,
"never before known"
l said reptiles; these were at the bottom Of
the lake, which seemed half lizard. half fish,
with the fins Of a fish. the arms Of a lizard,
the body Of neither, with the fins of the tail
horizontal, instead OF perpendicular as with
fish, sort OF a monSrei, as ike a salanlan-
der. In fact, these must have had peculiar
tenacity Of life TO have lived in these waters
a. all, charged with salts as ike lye, out of
which near by they were making soap. The
tiny waves Of the lake had lashed the water
into a foam, precisely in appearance as Ike a
heavy soap sudS, the frothy sUds piling up in
some places a foot deep or more.-Portland
(t-.ln-g;,iau
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
ra.:iu.c. oc .Eanane.e Children.

Japanese children have an infinite
variety . sports, too varied for mention
in an article OF this length. Boys devote
themselves 10 ki,e flying in The spring
months. when the winds prevail. There
are singing and whistling kites in the
shape Of birds. animals and men. Men
even spend days flying monster kites SO
large that II tsses a stout rope to hold
them BoyS also spin tops, play soldier,
wre.tla and practice al all kinds Of athletic
exercises. The fifth days OF the fifth
months of each year are boys festival
days, on which the younger sons Of >ae
family have presents Il flags decorated
with Representations OF the daring deeds
OF the great men Of the country. and esPe-
cislly OF thoss Of their ancestors who have
been Noted for bravery CT wisdom
On this day and for weeks sfterward
the whole country presents a strange 8p-
pearance, Every house that has boys IL
the family erec;s flagstaff 10 which &
large cloth fish is suspended Some Of
these are thirty or forty feet in length.
and when they are inflated by the breeze
look like fish swimming in the wster.
These fish flags represent the carp, which
has the reputation Of being the most
active. daring and persistent OF all fish.
These are qualities which boys are taught
to emulate Girls play battIesiore and
become very sE.IEUl 1T II. and they are -
much devoted Il their dolls a. their little
sISte-s of other races. The tIird day 81
the third month * the dol festival. when
every little girl receives presents Of dolls
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
y Costly Bed tead.

A bedstead which cost $4,000 would
be curiosity anywhere. Such was the
price paid, l am ted, by Mr.. and Mrs
Whitney for the bed stead at their house
n New York on which Col. Oliver Payne
sleeps. Whjtney's friends here say that
after his fatler-in-law had made him a
present Of this house in New YORK he
complained that he could not keep it.:
that it took more money than he could
earn to pay the taxes, keep servants and
sustain the place. Thereupon Col Oliver
Payne, who was a bachelor, gave his
sister $1,000, 600 to 90 to Housekeeping.
New York Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Sisters at the Race Course

Two black robel figures stood patiently
waiting nsar the betsLl. rig ~ H. Sdesps-
head bsv race course tee other day They
never moved except to address q word 70 sscil
other occasionally. They were SISTERS Of a
religious order. and as tee t3srU,g Of r.:s2.
some laughing ard careless, solao Md eye,!
and a;tter Q, face, passed tiez1. do,La- sttez
dollar Dropped into the -ctl-;--c H-i.sca cas OF
the S:stsrS held open, bu: u.o5cE7szive'v, l-s-
fore her. y have watched them bet0.'o 90
have today, said 4 EevarAsr. Tiny ira
always Just 50 calm .2d cheerful, ard jur: 50
Indifferent - ths passion which yol $50 IL
almost every ns1's fsce Trey G-g levviHs
u tribute FOR tie lord II the de~.is s5o.ie
That. what cal l. The 1-lbate 3 bigger
than you think The w.a1ars give becauss
tho money came easy: tia lossrs give - pro
pirists fortune. ! know E1sa -7ao would nos
dare to pas wI-EoG. lssvI2s something vi-a
the SISTERS New YORK Cor Chicago Her
sill
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Fsrthou.ke Record. OF the Rock.

n many parts of the world Gae process 0.
dzaEta:iol hss left detached columns AID
p;n1ac,es Of rock which ere rer.5iiy over
thrown Or Destroyed. while in countries enc,
worn oy glaciers there are thousands CT yoZssi
bowlieTs vaich sre equally Sensitive 70
sifocEs These natural sslS1roustess farz21s1
G mans Of determining whether severe ssrca-
@ axis have vls5tsd sinoe : ve-T rsuao.a
psr5oi, Places where tb-v have never ban
recorded A scudv CT s-1ch e~idence KS
sho-u Professor y. s Shaler that certain
portions @; tie Roxy z,ozia-zi,s. tils r.
gions Of TIA u7V.c- TesIreS,=e river. tAa coast
district q liaiae. VIA Sz&o1- .zd soz2s
otEsr po-S Of EC-ops. Eave bee. EXEMPT
from great shocks fox some tens q Thousands
CT yec.-z-ArSSasaw Trsvs,sz
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
English Army Officers Intelligence.

To no one can the result Of the recent ex-
animation for the staff college have proved a
greater disappointment than to Lord Wolse-
ley. Taken al round, the list is about the
worst that ever saw the LIGHT. AID Lord
Wolseley, ike many others, had pri.icd him
self tina: the Officers of the reformed army
were more keen and intelligent than those Of
bygone times. We could not have better
test than the competition for the staff college
and the latest returns shows that out Of the
whole Of tie cavalry and infantry OF the line
only thirteen officers qualified to enter the
college. In the cid days It often happened
that large numbers qualified, but could rot
obtain entrance owing to q lack OF vacancies.
Now, however, such IS Tie apparent inditTer-
ence of tie younger members Of the profes-
sion that five men had this year to be taken
ii who had not qualified, because otherwise
there would not be q sufficient number Of
students.-LondOu World
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
AN OsOURATE OLD WOMAN.
Collapse Of AN Incident Which Opened
Very Pronisinsiy-4 disappointment.

4 rough bearded. red nosed. desperate
looking man; q shriu voiced. energetic
newsbOy; IN industrious old woman:
these three were brought together by the
fatcs with the evident Intention OF max
ing such an incident rs would read wei
ii told III a Sunday school paper. But the
industrious old woman was obdurate, and
as she was woman the fates could not
help themselves and retired. leaving the
incident to develop itself as best it might.
So it happened thus: The scene was on
Park row, opposite the postotIiCe; the
man in the play, cold and hungry, VEN
tured to beg assistance Of a newsboy.
The boy knew what it meant to be cold
and hungry, but he knew also that he
must look cut for number one.
Just q cent, bub, " pleaded the desPcr-
ate man.
TELL We wot It's" said the boy rcfec-
lively, Il can't give ye no sugar, cause
Tn hard up myself but I'll give ye a
paper n Y en- see wot ye en- DO"
The hungry man took Up the paper and
before he could do or say anything the
boy added: Why not try q trade on the
old woman at the coOkey srandt'
Together they approached the old
woman. She vas seated ca stool behind
her array of pastry. \ coarse shawl was
wrapped about her shoulders and her fin
gers were busy with knitting
"Wiu We give one Of those for this
paper=' asked the man, abruptly while the
boy stood 10y interested in tie experiment
to the extent that he neglected his own
business. The coosey venGer looked up
with disdaiuful surprise. "IIoh:' She
said.
"Will you give me one Of those or any
thing on the stand for this Iaper2' re
peated the man.
Give him cookey for The News"
chirpeQ the boy.
The fates surely intended the cid woman
to display great kindness Of hear. 10 SYM
pathize with tie unfortunate man, and
give him two cookies and LEI him keep his
paper ~ wei, but she didn't do anything
of the kind.
''phat's the good az yer paper to me-
she exclaimed scoVufuuy; get along Y. !
de bot az yez or / Il carl & COP, - now.
The man and tie boy looked ~ c&2A
other disappointcdly. Veil have to sell
yer paper, boss, said the latter philo-
sophicallv. And the incident that opened
so promisingly collapsed. The last seen
of the man he was trEiDg 20 sell his one
paper as he walked along the row. The
old woman, who wasn't going 20 set
taken in by 10 suckers, had resumed
her knitting and the boy was exert sing
his shrill voice. -.tCncIe Bill'' IL Chicago
Herald
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
~AkAiiIs~-
4a1lu - Eagle
FLOOD AND EBB.

Tho breeza sinks down and the long reach
Or barren sands
In the hot SIN seems like the beach
OF d sert lands
Among the rocks 10 children rIn.
Only sc-ae poor cid wo1en cone
For drift7Tood drying in the sun
lis fun hi-h noon, the tide is out,
We quiet are
God knows what storms may sweep without
The harbor bar
The sudden squan, the veering gale
May tear and wreck the distant sail
Or MIN We love Our weak hearts fail.
It's sunset; the returning tide
CTeeps up the sands,
The waves gleaEn with warm colors dyed
From tropic lands.
The fresh breeze watts the sounds Of Joy
From lips OF many a happy boy
To whom each wave brings = new toy.
A snow-white sail fits 'crlss tie bar,
The light is past.
But Gre appears the e-ening star.
lie cones az last
His saip Is no0-cd. With li5a bas..e
~ doub-nE heart can dread abide?
Shall tomorrow fear e55 tide.
-SprinG2sld Republican
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
= Model" Agency.

A curious agency has been started in
Paris. 1t is model agency, where pain
!ers may go and pick out new models for
their work. The demand for models for
some reason always exceeds the supply.
4 good model in Paris is never il want Of
work, nor, indeed, is he in New York.
The agency in Paris is recruited from the
ranks Of unemployed workmen and
women, and superb specimens Of physical
beauty have already been found in its
ranks.-Paris Letter.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
The Calcium Light Doomed,

The calcium light, which has doacso much
for stage representations il the past, is
doomed As the Old gaslisht has been super
seded by the electric light, SO also must tho
lime light give way before it. Every known
shade in stage lighting can now be produced
by electricity. We can set a warm yellow
glow, a deep canary shade, white Light, a
pale blue effect, weird grecnizh tint, or a
bright and etculgent red light, to say nothing
OF a soft. continuous non-dazzlirg iuumina-
ting flame. Chemistry and other sciences
have also contributed much toward realism
On the stage-Eew York Nail ard Express
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Cultivation Of Ero@

4 t-acs OF land CT TIE u6S-s-n shore OF
CsvuSa lazs, nez- C1aoss- Ia been is:sed
% Rochester pdr-l<s fJ- TIA cultivation CO
frogs The raising - frogs for the New
YORK market has ooEsle 20 be recognized IL
dusty Tnerc Is q la-ss frog farm n tEs
rai.teoztood CT Waterloo and se~eraI in
Csuada- al s:lll the demand Is greater than
TIE -2ply-Nev York Sua
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
The Religion of the Pcruvian..

What their sins were to the Jews, the
various Inalddies were to the hcathsn
PeruvianS. In fact, among the Peruviaus
WAS found a strange mixture Of the Gus
toms, forms and beliefs Of the pagars.
Christians and. Jews OF the old world.
The readers Of history VIII remember the
strong faith exhibited by many nations
in the power Of divination BY the use Of
the entrailS Of animals. This belief was
just as strong among the followers OF
the Incas- The oracIes of Delphi were at
one time the arbiters OF the fate Of na-
tons IN the old world So in the new
were tie oracles Of the valley Of Rfnac.
We find, too. that the Peruvians had
ceremony resembling the Christian COM
muniOn. In the Christian communion
the bread is first partaken Of and then
the consecrated wine Both are admins
tered at the same time. With the Peru
VANS the sacred beverage was presented
first. The inca first drank Of il ard then
passed it on to his followers.
The ceremonies were very much ike
those now practiced by the Catholics and
high church EpiscOpalans. The next
day the holy bread was broken and eaten
with similar ceremonies. The object OF
this communion was to bring the COM
municant into closer relations with his
deity-the sun. And this is prominently
the object Of the Christian sacrament.
Baptism was also practiced in Peru.
From fifteen to twenty days after birth
the child was plunged into water and
then given his first name. The Christian
baptism carries with it the idea Of re-
generation, but not so with these wor-
shippers of the sun. This baptism was
simply to exercise the evil spirits and
protect the child from their influence.
But might that not have been torn from
a heather and untaught idea Of SIM The
baptism was 10 shield the child from
evil, and to the heather mind that al
ways partakes Of the nature Of spirits.
Indianapolis News.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

from all her-friends and has a doIl Snow
In her house There are also beautiful
exhibitions OF dressed dolls on certain
streets in all the towns and cities, and the
whole population turns out to celebrate
the day and entertain the little folks
San Francisco Chronicle.
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
RlnE Ont the I.irh {

The Salvation Army in Portland, Ore, held
service in the jail there on 4 recent Sunday,
and the leader told such a startling story Of
his wickedness before he joined the army,
that, after the performance was over, one OF
the convicts said: The lamp can now be ex-
tinguished; the vilest sinner has returned. -
Now WORT S5ro
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Not Likely to Suffer.

There is 4 millionaire in town who has q
great reputation for 1neanness. Recently he
was interested in some Of the failures and
made some sweeping losses.
oh, is awful! I'm ruined, quite ruined"
Pc said 70 fellow sufferer.
Il am sorry, but, after all, there's one great
thing il your favor"
w lat Is that: l can't see it,
You went need 70 change your mode Of
HE a5 aIl"-San Francisco Chronicle
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21
Greenwood Cometery's Unclaimed Dead

Greenwood Cometery's Unclaimed Dead.
Superintendent Wells tells story illustrat-
Ing how selfish human nature crops out even
in tie sacred duty o. blryin. ones dead. At
tached to the cemstery IS a receivin. vault
that viii hold LOO bodies. Collins are kept
there until lots are procured and graves pre-
pared for ths,n. Tho fss for leaving bodies
at tie TINA Of which he spoke was 81 each,
and 1t WAS kept at this figure untS it cana to
be noticed that tas vault was gradually I'LL
ing up and tbs arrivals we're constantly larger
thsn tie departures, Investigation showed
taat some OF the bodies had 5sea left there
for years, waiting the further attention OF
friends who never cana. There were ascsr-
tanned to be over 500 Of thess collins, and
finally the corporation dug . trench and
placsd all OF them IN it, styling the grave
The Unclaimed Dead After that the fee
for receiving bodies al the vault was raised
to $50, which sum /. applisd on the burial lot
account when L los Is bought Since then
only few bodies have bssn deserted in the
yault.-New York Tribune
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

ne can come home with, beng, as they are,
utterly valueless, and unhandsome even
when they are beautifully symmetrical
Charles Warren Stoddard IN San Francisco
Chronicle
Wichita eagle., 1887-01-21

Boots for dogs are rather new, and are
much used for hunting dogs to protect their
feet and ankles in stubble ground ard briaI
patches
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1887-09-26
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